Coin-holder.



J. B. GIVEN.

com HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1913. RENEWED JUNE 25, 1914. 1,126,1 92. Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 26, 19115.

Application filed July 30, 1913, Serial No. 782,103. Renewed June 25, 1914. Serial No. 847,335.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. GIVEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a coin holder in the form of a book, the leaves thereof having pockets into which the coins are inserted, said pockets being dimensioned to hold a single coin.

It is the object of the invention to provlde a novel and improved coin holder of th s kind, and to this end it consists in a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the book, partly open; and Fig. 2 is a detail showing a leaf of the book in section, with a 00111 1n place in one of the pockets.

Referring specifically to the drawing the book is made up of leaves, and front and back covers 5 and 6 respectively. Each leaf is provided with a series of coin pocketseach of which is dimensioned to hold a slngle coin. The pockets are arranged, in parallel rows extending across the leaves. At the head of each leaf is a space for filling in the month of the year when the coins are deposited in the pockets. Each pocket is also numbered, said numbers being arranged 1n consecutive order across the leaves, and designating the days of the month. The pockets at the bottom of the leaves are designated Extra and are for the purpose of receiving extra deposits. The size of the leaves is such that each side has eighteen pockets, thus allowing fifteen pockets numbered 1 to l5 and three extra pock-' ets on one side, and sixteen pockets num bered 16 to 31 and two extra pockets on the other side. It is not necessary to vary this arrangement for the months having less than thirty days.

The pockets are formed by pasting over a sheet 7 of stiff paper, on each side thereof, a sheet 8 of thin paper having transverse and parallel rows of slits 9, the slits in each row being spaced from each other and of uniform length. The outside sheets are not pasted over the entire surface of the inner sheet, but the adhesive is applied only along the edges and in rows running vertically and transversely, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The portions of the outside sheets which are between the rows of adhesive are therefore not stuck to the inner sheet, whereby the coin pockets are formed, the slits 9 being correspondingly arranged to fhrm the entrance of the pockets.

The book is designed to hold coins of the same denomination. In the present instance the pockets are dimensioned to hold dimes. For coins of other denominations a book having correspondingly dimensioned pockets will be provided. The manner in which the pockets are numbered to correspond to the days of the month may be varied in many ways and the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement shown.

The invention is designed primarily to serve as an advertising proposition for savings banks and to foster regularity in saving a certain amount every day. When the book is filled, it is to be taken to the bank for deposit of the coins it contains.

The loose portions of the outer sheets 8 fit tightly over the coins and hold the same firmly in place. This prevents removal of the coins after they are placed in the pockets without mutilating the book.

I claim:

1. A coin holder in the form 9f a book having leaves, and front and back covers, and sheets gummed to the leaves and having rows of spaced slits, the gummed portions of the sheets extending in rows running vertically and transversely and the portions of the sheets between said rows of perforations being loose and forming coin pockets, the aforesaid slits coinciding with the pockets and forming the entrance thereof.

2. A coin holder in the form of a book having leaves, and front and back covers, and sheets gummed to the leaves and having rows of spaced slits, the gummed portions of the sheets extending in rows running vertically and transversely and the portions of the sheets between said rows of perforations being loose and forming coin pockets, the aforesaid slits coinciding with the pockets and forming the entrance thereof, said pockets being numbered to correspond to the days of the month.

3.- A coin holder comprising a plurality of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature leaves assembled in the form of a book, and in presence of two Witnesses.

sheets associated with the leaves and havin portions fastened thereto leaving loose p01 JAMES GIVEN 5 tions to form coin pockets, said sheets 'hav- Witnesses:

ing slits coinciding with the pockets and S. J. LEHRER,

forming the entrance thereof. H. G. BATCHELOR.

Copies of this patent ma'y'lie obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, -Washington, D. G. 

